Russian Foreign Ministry does not have information on the possible convocation of the Nalbandyan- Mammadyarov meeting in connection with the shelling of the OSCE monitoring group on the Armenian- Azerbaijani state border
ArmInfo.The Russian Foreign Ministry has no information on the possible convening of a meeting at the level of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in connection with the firing on August 31 of the OSCE monitoring group on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border.
On August 31, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova, during a weekly briefing, answering the question whether the Russian side intends to initiate a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in connection with the firing of the OSCE monitoring group, in order to accelerate the summit at the level of the presidents of the two countries, in particular , stated: "As for the case mentioned by you, the experts should say their word after studying the circumstances on the spot. As for the plans for convening a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, I have no such information. The dialogue is supported with all sides at the expert level, certainly by the contact group line. And when it will be necessary to convene such a meeting, I think I'm surer that we will be informed about this. But at the moment I do not have this information."
At the same time, she stressed that Russia has always, traditionally in the period of conflicts, exacerbations or any complications in resolving this issue, called on the parties to take a weighted approach, whose purpose would not be to incite and aggravate the situation, but to move towards a political settlement.
To note, today the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire during the monitoring of the OSCE on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border in the direction of the village of Chinari of the Tavush region of Armenia. Tigran Balayan, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, wrote about this on his page on twitter, then the press secretary of the Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan also confirmed the information. Meanwhile, Azerbaijani media reports that the next OSCE monitoring on the Armenian- Azerbaijani border passed without incident.